Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
By CRAIG FREILICH St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain has been ordered to stop investigating a failure by county officials to apply for a grant. In response to an application by St. …
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By CRAIG FREILICH
St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain has been ordered to stop investigating a failure by county officials to apply for a grant.
In response to an application by St. Lawrence County Administrator Karen St. Hilaire, state Administrative Judge Vito Caruso Tuesday issued a show-cause order telling Rain to explain why she shouldn't be disqualified from the investigation, at least until she can convince him that she should continue leading the probe.
If she cannot persuade the judge that she should continue, Caruso said he plans to appoint a special prosecutor in her place.
Caruso is requiring a written response by July 24.
In the meantime, Caruso has ordered Rain to stop conducting a grand jury investigation “and from any action in furtherance of an investigation of misconduct, nonfeasance in neglect of public office” into allegations she has made against county officials in an apparent failure to reapply in time for grants to pay for victims’ advocate positions in the county.
